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Robert Fisk's World: Bush rescues Wall Street but leaves his soldiers to die in Iraq

Until the elections, the people in the Middle East are yesterday’s men

Saturday, 27 September 2008

It was a weird week to be in the United States. On Tuesday, secretary of the treasury Henry Paulson told us that "this is all about the American ( Read more... )

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Define ‘Lacking Credibility’

When the world's largest news organizations toe the line with U.S. officials on highly unpopular government policies, you don't have a press:

you have a Ministry. In its declaration of journalistic ethics, The Associated Press demands, "Anyone who works for the AP . . . must refrain from declaring ( Read more... )

The Israeli lobby and the Iraq War
by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Over 80% of Iraqis want the US to leave Iraq and 60% support attacks on US soldiers and mercenaries (aka "contractors"). A large majority of the US public also want withdrawal (not redeployment and not the fake "winning" strategies of politicians who are always behind the curve).  Get ( Read more... )

Added: September 16, 2007

John McCain thinks MoveOn's 3.3 million members should "get out of this country" because of a newspaper ad criticizing the war. This guy wants to be president? Are other politicians condemning this statement?

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September 23, 2008, 15:17

U.S. funds sent from Iraq to al-Qaeda - source

A former Iraqi investigator said more then $US13 billion of the money allocated for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen, with some of it ending up in al-Qaeda’s coffers.

Salam Adhoob, a former chief investigator for Iraq's Commission on Public Integrity - which U ( Read more... )

From the Los Angeles Times Opinion

The Constitution, and the War Powers Act of 1973, limit a president's ability to initiate conflict. Some wish to change that. By Paul Findley and Don Fraser

September 22, 2008

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is conducting hearings on proposals to amend the ( Read more... )

Texas Straight Talk

A weekly column

On September 10, 2002  I asked 35 questions regarding war with Iraq. The war resolution passed on October 16, 2002.  Now today, as some of my colleagues try to reestablish credentials regarding spending restraint, I want to call attention to my 18th question from six years ago:

“Are we willing to bear the ( Read more... )

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Making Monsters For My Friends
By: Spencer Ackerman Tuesday September 23, 2008 10:33 am

Matt Duss has a great Wonk Room post catching George Bush pressuring Nouri al-Maliki to delay U.S. withdrawal from Iraq to save John McCain's ass. Here's what Maliki said:

Actually, the final date was really the end of 2010 and the period between the end of ( Read more... )

When Refusing to Kill Has a Higher Sentence Than Murder

Saturday 20 September 2008

by: Ann Wright, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

An American soldier pauses before heading out to patrol near Tikrit, Iraq. According to Ann Wright, soldiers may be more severely punished for refusing to kill than for killing the wrong person. (Photo: AFP / Getty Images)

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